“The mad sometimes drilled holes in their own heads to let the demons out. To relieve the pressure of thoughts they could no longer bear. Jude understood the impulse.”
More from Joe Hill
“To live for others was to live fully; to live only for yourself, a cold kind of death.”
“Silence is the purest form of harmony. Everyone ought to try it. Put a stone in your mouth…”
“The whole world can burn down around us. I'll keep my arms around you until the end.”
“Humanity is a germ that thrives on the very edge of catastrophe.”